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W. H. WOOD.

OUTLET B0x..

APPLICATION FILED DOT. 6,1922.

Reissued Dec. 5,1922. 15,504.-

v INVENTOR m Mm M v ATTORNE SEST AVAILABLE COP' Reissue d Dec. 5, 1922. r UNITE-D PATENT OFFICE. I

WILLIAM HENRY WOOD, OF NORWALK, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNQR TO ELECTRIC OUTLET COMPANY, INC, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A. CORPOBATIONOF NEW YORK.

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Original No. 1,392,038 dated september w, 1921, Serial No. 352,199, filed il'anuary 17, 1920. Application for reissue filed October 6,1922. Serial No. 592,870. v

To all whm it may concern: plication of a fixture socket in the bottom Be 1t known that I, VVILLIAM HENRY of the box.

:WooD, a cltizen of the United States, resid- Referring to the drawing by numerals, 10

ng at Nor-walk, in the county ofFairfield, designates the lathingj'or base of a wall 1n the State of Connecticut, have invented against which the plaster 11 is supported certain new and useful Improvements in in the usual manner.

Outlet Boxes, of which the following is a The-outlet box of this invention embodies specification, reference being bad to the an attaching or frame plate 12 which is of accompanying drawings, forming a part desired configuration and which is relatively hereof. Y v flat. As shown in the drawing, particularly The present inventlon relates to electrical Fig. 3, the plate is of rectangular construcappliances, and has particular reference to tion with a box receiving opening 13 therein an improvement in that type of devices which. providing a frame to support the box when are known as outlet orwallaboxes. I the'latter is inserted through the opening.

An ob ect of this invention is to provide The plate or frame 12 is provided with a an outlet box which may be quickly and suitable number of openings 14'for the reeasily applied to walls of buildings which ception of screws 15, or the like, adapted to are already plastered, and without injury be passed through theplate 12, plaster 11 to the plaster-during. the. application of the and lathing 10 to support the frame or plate box and during the preliminary work re against the exposed surface of the plaster quired in placing and adjusting the wires 11 at the desired point where the outlet box which lead into and out of the box. y is to be positioned. It will be observed that Another object of the invention is toprothe inner marginal edge of the opening 13 vide an outlet box with a supporting plate is rounded at the corners and that the said 25 or frame to be initially secured against the inner edge forms a guide for a cutting tool plaster before the opening 1 is cut through which is usually employed for forming the the same for the wiring of the box. and opening in the plaster 11 to receive the box.

which plate is constructed to form a tem- This frame ,or plate 12 therefore serves as plate or guide for not only determining the a template to define the size or marginal 30 correct size of the opening in the plaster to edge of the opening to be made in the inreceive the box; but to also protect the marished wall. 7 I i gi'nal edge of the plaster during the cutting In using the plate. it is secured against thereof and during the fishing and other thefinished wall by the screws 15, and the operations required in the installation of opening is cutthrough the wall to the con- 35 wiring in a finished wall.

: figuration of the inner marginal edge of the i The above, and various other objects and plate 12.. The plate 12 forms a protector advantages of this invention will in part for the mar inal edge of the plaster. during be described in, and in part be understood the fishing operation "of the e ectrician from. the following detailed-description of andv during other necessary manipulations -40 the present preferred embodiment, the same requiring the drawing of wires and tools i i being illustrated in the accompanying draw" through the opening in the plaster. ing. wherein: The plate 12 is adapted to carrv a box Figure 1 is an outer side view of an outlet 16 formed of sheet metal or the like and box constructed according to the present inwhich is of the desired depth and has at its 45 vention and as applied to a wall. forward open side a desired number of out Figure 2 is a horizontal section taken on standing tongues 17 adapted to overlap the line 2-2, Fig. 1, with the fixture socket reouter face of the plate12. The tongues 17 moved. are provided with openings adapted to reg-' Figure 3 is a detail perspective view of ister with opening 18 formed in the frame 50 the face plate or frame of the box. plate-12 and to receive screws 19 or other Figure 4 is a detail sectional view taken fastening devices for rigidly securing the through the box on the line 14, Fig. 1. box 16 to the frame plate. The box 16 is of Figure 5 is a similar sectional view taken. a size adapted-tosnugl vfit in the opening on the line 5-5, Fig. 1, illustrating the ap- 13 of. the frame plate so as to seal the box BEST AVAILABLE COP" in the wall when the box is inserted and secured through the: plate. The box 16 also provided with top covers 20 which com-v prisetweakenedportions ofthe bottom ofthebox and disk or other desired configuration, and which are easily removed from the bottom to admit the assa e of wires tubin p b 7 b box is adapted to be embedded in a ceiling when installed, the-frame plate reinforce" the plaster about'the opening and sists in securing the'wall plate against the or the like from; which the fixture projects to afi'ord'a suitable support, for the'fixture, and the socket 21' of course maybe modified? in structure "to accommodate fixtures of various-types, such'as the typeknown' as, the combination gasand electric fixture.

Thecorners of the frame 12 are prefer-' ably roun'dedatr the marginalw'edge of: the opening 13 to guide a cutting instrument for cutting the opening in the-plaster.

The edges are rounded so that the'cutting may be continuously drawn over the plaster against the guiding edge of the frame without interruption or abrupt change inthe genera-l'direction' of movement of the cutting instrument. I

By use of this outlet box the plaster is pro tected, the box is seated firmly in the wall and sealed therein, the cutting of the plaster is madeeasy and accurate by using the frame 'pl'ate'as a guide and a protector and serves to to impart a neatappearance to thework.

It 'is-of course-understood that various changes and modifications may be made within the scope of the: following claims without departing from the spirit of this invention; I

What I claim" is z 1. 'lhat method of'jmounting an outlet box with a wall plate-in a wall, which conside o'fthe' wall, cutting anopening in the wallf'to the size andconfigurationof the" inner marginal edge of theplatea-nd seating a box' in the openings of the wall andplate.

v 2 That method of mounting an outlet box with a wall plate in a wall, which consists in permanently securing the wall plate against the plaster, cutting the plaster within the opening of the wall plate and working the cutter along the inner marginal edge of the plate to gage the size of the opening and to protect the plaster, and securing a box through the opening of the wall plate and 1n the registering openlng 111 the wall,

3, An outlet box comprising a flat plate having screw receiving open ngs for at taching the plate against a plastered wall, said plate having central opening defining an opening to be cut in the wall and the marginal edge ofthe opening in the plate forming a guide for a cutting tool, and a box bod of the confi uration of the openin .J I b 1 .L Cr in the plate adapted to fit therein and ex said box body having outstanding portions at its forward edge adapted to overlap the front face of the frame plate and provided with means for securing theproj acting portions to the plate. g

4; An outlet box comprising a flat plate having screw receiving; openings for at"- taching the plate against a plastered wall, said plate defining an opening to be cut in the wall and the edge of the plate forming a guide for a cutting tool, and a box body adapted to fit in the opening in the plate and extend into the opening in the wall when out said box having tongues adapted to overlie the plate and means for securing the tongues to the plate.

5, That method of mounting an outlet box with a frontflplate in a wall, which con sists in using the plate as a template cordeline the opening to be cut in the wall cutting the saidopening and fastening a box in the openings of the wall and plate.

As an articleof manufacture a plate for the support define the opening to be cut in the wall to receive said outlet box and having. means to permit itsfastening to the front of the wall and means to permit thefastening of the outlet boxthereon. q a This specification: signed this 23rd day of Septembegfhl). 1922.

VVILLIAlVI HENRY WVOODJ of an outlet box formed to tend into the opening in the wall when out, 

